Word: quest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...office saying that the past 20 years of American foreign policy had been fundamentally flawed, who characterized the Soviets as international outlaws with whom civilized nations could not do business and who vowed to re-establish American superiority over the U.S.S.R. The Reagan of Sunday night explicitly disavowed the quest for superiority and talked much more like a traditionalist who believed in building on the foundations laid by Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and, yes, Jimmy Carter...
...going to spend the better part of two decades searching for The Meaning of Life, it is an excellent idea to maintain your good nature while pursuing the quest. It smooths out the highs (the inevitable lamasery in the Himalayas) and the lows (a stint of hard labor in a French coal mine), and it makes the earnest pilgrim a lot easier for his friends (not to mention the movie audience) to take. Besides, playful self-deflation suits Bill Murray, who only did Ghostbusters in return for a shot at the second screen version of Somerset Maugham's most...
...Midwestern states are key battlegrounds for Senate races this year. In Illinois, a member of the old Republican vanguard is fighting for his political life. In Iowa, a New Rightist is trying to overcome indiscretions and missteps in his quest for a second term. Both men are facing tough, aggressive liberal challengers...
...cites the past fulfillment of personal tennis goals as the key reason in her quest for new challenges. Usher concurred. "She was the best player in the East, 15th best in the nation. She set out to be an All-American and she achieved it," he said...
...already brought up at least $27 million worth of gold, precious gems and artifacts from the wrecks of the Spanish galleons Santa Margarita and Atocha, which sank in 1622. The company found the sister ships in waters about 50 ft. deep off the Florida Keys. During the continuing quest to trace the path of debris scattered as the ships broke apart, Treasure Salvors has videotaped the search area from the air; the shallowness and clarity of the water enable detection of such important visual clues as scars on underwater reefs...